Gage attachment for shears.



O. B. COLE (35 J. E. WRIGHT.

GAGE ATTACHMENT FOR SHEARS.

APPLIUATION FILED JUNE 2, 1909,

Patented May 31, 1910.

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ORPHA B. COLE AND JAMES E. WRIGHT, OF OMAHA, NEBRASKA.

GAGE ATTACHMENT FOR SHEARS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 31, 1910.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ORPHA B. COLE and JAMES E. WRIGHT, citizens of theUnited States, residing at Omaha, in the county of Douglas and State ofNebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in GageAttachments for Shears; and we do declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to improvements in gage attachments for shears.

'One object of the invention is to provide an attachment of thischaracter which may be readily applied to a pair of shears wherebymaterial may be evenly cut in uniform widths.

Another object is to provide a gage attachment for shears which will besimple, strong, durable and inexpensive in construction, efiicient andreliable in operation and well adapted to the purpose for which it is designed.

With the foregoing'and other objects in View, the invention consists ofcertain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement ofparts, as will be more fully described and particularly pointed out inthe appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a pairof shears showing the application of the invention thereto; Fig. 2 is asimilar view of the adjustable guide of the gage; Fig. 3 is a similarview of the shears attaching member of the gage; Fig. 4 is a plan viewof a modified form of the gage.

Referring more particularly to the drawings 1 denotes the gage ormeasuring bar which is provided with a longitudinally disposed slot 2and has preferably arranged thereon a scale of inches.

slidably mounted on the measuring bar 1 is a guide or gage member 3,said member preferably comprising a bar engaging plate 4 in which isarranged a clamping screw 5 whereby the guide is secured in adjustableposition on the bar 1. On one edge of the guide are formed right angularoffset cloth engaging lugs 6 with which the edge of the cloth to be outis engaged.

The measuring bar 1 is preferably secured to the shears by a clampingmember 7 which comprises a plate 8 having adjacent to one end parallellaterally projecting blade clamping lugs 9 which are adapted to besprung into engagement with one of the blades of the shears therebyholding the gage in position thereon. On the plate 8 of the clampingmember is formed a laterally projecting lug 10 to which is riveted orotherwise secured the inner end of the gage bar 1 thereby firmlysecuring the gage bar to the attaching member 7.

In Fig. 4 of the drawings is shown a slightly modified construction ofthe gage bar, the latter being shown in this instance as formed of awire rod 11 bent upon itself midway between its ends to form guidesupporting bars 12 with which is slidably engaged the guide member 13,said member comprising a base plate 14 on which are formed oppositelydisposed downwardly projecting lugs 15 provided with alined apertures toreceive the bars 12 of the gage whereby said guide is slidably securedto the gage. The plate 14 is also provided with guide lugs 16 with whichthe edge of the material is engaged while being cut. The free ends ofthe bars 12 are secured to the lug 10 of the shears attaching member inany suitable manner whereby the gage is attached to the shears. Byadjusting the guides of the gage bars to the desired position, thematerial may be evenly out into strips or pieces of uniform widthwithout the necessity of measuring the same.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the inventionwill be readily understood without requiring a more extendedexplanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion and the minor details ofconstruction, may be resorted to without departing from the principle orsacrificing any of the advantages of the invention, as defined in theappended claim.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim is:

A device of the character described comprising a gage bar having formedtherein a longitudinally disposed slot and having arranged thereon ascale of measurement, a cloth guide adjustably mounted on said bar,means to secure said guide in its adjusted positions, a shears attachingmember comset our hands in presence of two subscribing prisingc'laylglate, blgdedengagmg llugs formed Witnesses. 0n sai 3 ate an a a tedto e en a ed with the blade of the sl iears, and a ba r en- 7 5 gaginglug formed on said plate and adapted to be secured to the inner end ofthe gage Vitnesses; bar. Gno. T. LINDLEY,

In testimony whereof We have hereunto J. M. HIATT.

